Chapter 9
Laura charged at Kenny with her Stargrazer but he blocked it with his boots called Spirit. She jumped back and he kicked her in the chest and the explosion from the fire dust bullets that were in his boots caused her to fall to the ground, groaning in pain. Kenny walked over to her and put his hand out for her to grab. Laura took his hand and he pulled her up.
"Nice try, Laura. Maybe next time." He said.
He was wearing an orange sleeveless shirt with an earth symbol on it and brown cargo pants as his combat outfit.
"Man, you are always so much better than I am. And Spirit is so awesome and explosive!" Laura shouted in awe.
Kenny patted her head. "Stargrazer is just as cool though and maybe you will be able to defeat me after your first year."
Laura smiled brightly. "Challenge accepted!"
He grinned and then they both sat on the bench in the combat arena.
"How has everything been going so far with your team?" Kenny asked.
Laura looked down glumly. "Everything is fine with Dougie and Ryan but Olivia still won't accept me as leader of LORD. Everyday she starts unnecessary fights with me and because of that, everyone's morale is low."
Kenny pondered what she should do for a minute then turned to Laura. "Just be patient. I'm sure she will come around soon you just need to give her more time."
"I hope you're right." Laura said. She got up then turned to Kenny. "I better get back to my team. Thanks for the practice. I really missed training with you while you were at Beacon."
Kenny smiled. "I missed it too. Now bye. Try to have a good day today."
Laura nodded her head and smiled. "I will."
"And where have you been?!" Olivia asked.
Laura closed the door to the classroom and sighed softly. "It doesn't matter to you."
"And why doesn't it matter to me? We are a team and if you ended up being late to class, it would have reflected negatively on all of us." Olivia said indignantly.
Doug was sitting on the left of Ryan while Laura was sitting on the right of Ryan.
"It has only been five seconds and she's already starting a fight." Ryan whispered to Doug.
"I know. I wish I wasn't stuck with her as my partner." Doug whispered back to Ryan.
Before they could continue whispering to each other, they heard someone clear their throat. They turned their attention to Professor Ren who was now in the front of the classroom.
"Okay class. Take your seats and listen to what I have to say." Ren said.
Everyone sat in their own seats and gave their full attention to their professor.
"Tomorrow for class we will be going into the Emerald Forest and each team will be in charge of getting rid of all Grimm in the area that they are assigned. I recommend studying on weak spots for all the different type of Grimm you may be encountering so you can bring an end to them swiftly and with no injuries to yourself or your team. But don't worry, we are going to go over a little before class is over so let's start with something that you will definitely find. What's the weak spot of a boarbatusk?" Ren asked.
Olivia raised her hand and ren called on her.
"The boarbatusk's weak spot is its soft underbelly." Olivia pridefully said.
"That's correct Olivia." Ren said. "We will do one more. If you are fighting a king tajitsu, what is an easier way to kill it?"
Lucas raised his hand and Ren called on him.
"Aim for its stinger. Once the stinger is knocked off the tail, it will fall and stick into the King taijitsu. Which will make it easier to kill since it won't be able to move well." Lucas said.
"That's correct Lucas. I'm going to dismiss class early today so you can all get everything ready for tomorrow. I would advise getting plenty of sleep for tomorrow." Ren said.
The class got up and started walking out the door.
"I can't wait to go kill some Grimm tomorrow." Iris said.
"Yeah. I need to get all my frustrations out so killing some Grimm should be an easy way to relieve myself." Laura said.
Teams LORD, TIME, and LOLS walked to the cafeteria to get their lunch then went and sat at their usual table.
"I'm so ready for tomorrow. I bet my team will kill the Grimm first!" Tim said.
"If you don't and my team wins it will be a grimmtastrophe for you guys." Lore said winking at the others.
Everyone groaned at Lore's pun.
Olivia sneered at Lore. "You are so annoying. Don't you ever shut up?"
Lore got angry and stood up quickly, grabbing Olivia by the collar of her shirt. "Why don't you try saying that again?" Lore dared her.
Laura and Lucas jumped up quickly to resolve the fight before it escalated too much.
"Hey cuz, let's not do anything we will regret later." Lucas said calmly to Lore.
"Olivia. Stop provoking people every chance you get." Laura said.
"Why should I care if she hits me? She's the one that will be in trouble." Olivia said.
"That may be true but they will probably drag you to the headmaster's office and you will probably end up in trouble as well for starting the fight." Laura replied.
Olivia thought about what Laura said for a second then looked the other way. "Fine. You're probably right." She said before muttering under her breath, "for once."
Laura heard what she said because of her wolf ears but decided that this isn't the right place to bring it up.
Everyone continued to eat the rest of their lunch in silence. Once they all finished they returned to their own dorm room. As soon as team LORD got in and closed the door, Laura turned to Olivia and glared at her.
"Why do you just have to start fights with everyone!?" Laura asked.
Olivia stared at Laura in shock for a moment, having never heard her yell at her like that before.
"How dare you yell at me!" Olivia shouted back.
"No. You don't get to yell today. You are going to shut your mouth and listen to what I have to say. You got that?" Laura asked.
Olivia looked at Laura like she had something to say but she remained silent and nodded her head.
"I'm getting tired of your attitude. It's one thing starting fights with me. I understand why you are because you're a racist piece of shit person but if you start fights with everyone, you are never going to have friends. I don't want to be your friend and if it wasn't for the fact that you're on my team, I would just ignore your whole existence but i can't. If you don't change now everyone will want to avoid you as well." Laura said.
"You think I care? I don't need friends. Especially if they are stupid Faunus like you and Lore!" Olivia shouted. "And I don't care that you are my leader. I will never follow a Faunus anywhere."
"I know you don't care that I'm your leader. But that doesn't change the fact that I am and will be your leader for the next four years. The sooner you accept it, the better it will be for the whole team." Laura said, walking away to the bathroom.
After that everyone just did their own thing in awkward silence before going to bed early for their Grimm hunt.
"Okay class. I'm going to separate all the teams into different areas. And then you can begin. When all of the Grimm are cleared in your area, you will receive a message on your scroll." Ren said.
They were all told what area their team would be located and headed to their location.
"Okay you may begin." Ren said.
Team LORD started walking around their area in Emerald forest, looking for any Grimm when a pack of beowolves and a boarbatusk jumped out into the clearing.
"Okay we should split up and attack. That way it will be quicker." Laura said.
The boarbatusk started charging in place and once it was charged enough, it started rolling at Laura really fast. Before it could hit her, she jumped out of the way and let it hit the tree, knocking it onto its back. She walked over to the boarbatusk and pierced her Stargrazer through its soft underbelly, causing it to die and disappear.
Ryan ran at three of the beowolves and shot at the beowolves with his Supiagan before turning it into spear mode. He knocked one Beowolf over by hitting its legs and then impaled another one through the head, killing it instantly. He impaled the one on the ground, killing it as well. The third Beowolf jumped at Ryan while his back was to it but he turned around and blocked it. It jumped back and he took a big boulder and threw it at the Beowolf, smashing it completely.
Doug whipped two beowolves with his Machinto, cutting them both in half before turning his Machinto into sword mode and slashing another Beowolf in half.
Olivia made three clones of herself and pierced through three beowolves' skin with her Bushi no Ken. A boarbatusk came charging at her but she turned around and blocked it with her Katana, causing it to fall on its back and stabbing it with her Bushi no Ken.
There were a few more beowolves coming but Laura killed the last few with her lightning. Wiping the sweat off her forehead, she started looking around.
Our scroll didn't go off yet. That means there has to be more but the question is: where are they. Laura thought to herself.
Looking around, she noticed a Beowolf come out of the wooded area and jump at Olivia while she wasn't looking.
"Olivia! Behind you!" Laura shouted.
Olivia turned around and noticed a Beowolf coming at her but she was too shocked to jump out of the way, and closed her eyes, waiting for the claws to strike her. Before it could slash at her with its claws, Laura jumped in the way and blocked it mostly with her Stargrazer, but it slashed her left arm a bit, causing it to go limp. Olivia opened her eyes and noticed that Laura saved her.
"Why, Laura? Why save me after all the horrible things I said to you?" Olivia asked.
Laura looked at her with a grin while still holding the Beowolf in place. "What kind of leader would I be if I just let you die?" She asked.
Olivia looked at her with new found admiration. Maybe it won't be so bad having her as a leader. Olivia thought.
Laura threw the Beowolf back and cut it in half with her gunsword. After it was killed, the scroll went off, signaling the end of their mission. They started walking back to where the rest of the class and Ren would be waiting.
"Is your arm okay Laura?" Olivia asked.
Laura gave her a smile and nodded her head. "It hurts a little but it will be fine ."
"Good." Olivia said smiling. "I'm sorry about all the terrible things I said about you. From now on I'll listen to you and I'll try to be less racist against Faunus. It's just hard. My parents raised me to believe that all Faunus are inferior to humans. But I promise to try my best to grow out of it."
Laura just nodded. "Okay. Hopefully one day it will be easy for you to see everyone as equals and you should apologize to Lore later for what you said to her."
"Okay, I will." Olivia promised.
Laura smiled and pumped her fist in the air. "Alright team LORD! First mission was a success!" She shouted.
Doug just shook his head at Laura's antics. "You don't have to shout. We are all right here."
"I know but I'm just so happy!" Laura said.
"When are you never happy?" He asked.
Laura thought for a minute. "Good question. I don't know."
Doug sighed and Ryan laughed. Olivia just smiled as she watched Doug and Laura's back and forth banter.
Teams TIME and LOLS were already sitting at the table that they reserved for their teams and team LORD when team LORD finally arrived. Olivia walked over to Lore and immediately apologized to her.
"I'm sorry about what I said to you Lore." Olivia said with her head bowed to Lore.
Lore looked at her for a moment with shock evident on her face. "It's okay, Olivia. I forgive you."
"Thank you so much. I promised Laura that I'll try to be not as racist toward the Faunus." Olivia said.
"I'm glad you finally see the error of your ways. Maybe now we can be real friends." Lore said with a smile.
Olivia smiled back. "Yeah. I'd really like that."
Laura put her arms around Doug and Ryan. "Well now that that's settled, let's go get some lunch. I'm starving!"
"Laura. You're always starving." Doug said.
"Shh. That's not true." Laura argued.
Doug gave her a stern look. "Is it?"
Laura stared at him for a second before sighing in defeat. "Fine, it is true."
They all laughed at Laura.
"Hey stop laughing!" Laura shouted right as her stomach rumbled.
They all laughed even more while Laura hung her head in defeat.